You know, I went to Oberlin. At that time, grades were - you elected to have them or not. It was all of that era where grades were out the window. But I did very well in school. I didn't really study the arts; I practiced the arts.

I've never been a puppeteer, I conceive and I write and I design and I direct. And not just puppets. I direct actors, I direct dancers, I direct singers, I direct films. I also direct puppeteers. I'm really a theatre maker, but there's not a word for that.

I am, to be quite honest, sick of hero stories.

I lived in Indonesia for four years and I understand trance and magic and where it comes from.

That's my policy - to be positive, to just hope that something will happen. If you start with all your fears, your receptivity is for the negative.

Creativity is a gift, but if you don't know how to use it you might not even know it's there. There's a lot of creativity in the air, but it's meaningless if you're not open to receiving it.

I love directing Shakespeare on film. It's fantastic that the actors would do exactly the same thing and be true to their part.